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Definition of Setting
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or it can be an imagined... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the... read full definition
Setting
Explanation and Analysis:
"The Gardener" is split between two predominant spatial settings: a village in England and a cemetery in Belgium. In the second half of the story, the narrator shares Helen's flashback to a visit she paid to a munition factory with Michael. For the most part, however, the narrator does not dwell on the setting very much. It is only at the end, when Helen makes it to Flanders and the fictional Hagenzeele Third Cemetery, that the story features any significant drawn-out imagery. Before this, the narrator devotes much more space to events, conversations, and character emotions than to the setting.
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